Percussionist, conductor, and author Steven Schick was born in Iowa and for 40 years he has championed contemporary music by commissioning or premiering more than 150 new works. Schick is music director of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus and artistic director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. Schick is Distinguished Professor of Music and holds the Reed Family Presidential Chair at the University of California, San Diego.

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